Chapter 55 — COUNTIES

(55 ILCS 5/5-41020) Sec. 5-41020. Instituting proceedings. (a) When a code enforcement officer observes a code violation, the officer shall note or, in the case of an animal control violation, the code enforcement officer may respond to the filing of a formal complaint by noting …

(55 ILCS 5/5-41025) Sec. 5-41025. Subpoenas; default. (a) At any time prior to the hearing date, at the request of the code enforcement officer, the attorney for the county, the respondent, or the attorney for the respondent, the hearing officer assigned to hear the case may issu…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41030) Sec. 5-41030. Representation at hearings. The case for the county may be presented by the code enforcement officer or by the State's Attorney. In no event, however, may the case for the county be presented by an employee of the code hearing unit. The case for …

(55 ILCS 5/5-41035) Sec. 5-41035. Evidence at hearings. The hearing officer shall preside at the hearing, shall hear testimony, and shall accept any evidence relevant to the existence or non-existence of a code violation on the property indicated. The code enforcement officer's s…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41040) Sec. 5-41040. Findings, decision, and order. At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall make a determination on the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing as to whether a code violation exists. The determination shall be in writing and…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41045) Sec. 5-41045. Administrative review. The findings, decision, and order of the hearing officer shall be subject to review in the circuit court of the county. The Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to and govern every ac…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41050) Sec. 5-41050. Sanctions; transfer or conveyance of property. The order to correct a code violation and the sanctions imposed by a county against a respondent property owner as the result of a finding of a code violation under this Division 5-41 shall attach to…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41055) Sec. 5-41055. Collection of unpaid fines or other sanctions. (a) Any fine or other sanction or costs imposed, or any part of any fine or other sanction or costs imposed, remaining unpaid after the exhaustion of or failure to exhaust procedures for judicial rev…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41060) Sec. 5-41060. Adoption of other necessary provisions by county. Any county establishing a code hearing unit by ordinance under this Division 5-41 may adopt other provisions necessary and proper to carry into effect the powers granted and the purposes stated in…

(55 ILCS 5/5-41065) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 5-41065. Mechanics lien demand and referral adjudication. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Division, a county's code hearing unit must adjudicate an expired mechanics lien referred to th…

(55 ILCS 5/5-42000) Sec. 5-42000. Wind farms. A county may own and operate a wind generation turbine farm, either individually or jointly with another unit of local government, school district, or community college district that is authorized to own and operate a wind generation …

(55 ILCS 5/5-43005) Sec. 5-43005. Applicability. This Division 5-43 applies only to the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will. (Source: P.A. 96-1386, eff. 7-29-10.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-43010) Sec. 5-43010. Administrative adjudication of code and ordinance violations; definitions. (a) Any county may provide by ordinance for a system of administrative adjudication of county code violations to the extent permitted by the Illinois Constitution. (b) Any…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43015) Sec. 5-43015. Administrative adjudication procedures not exclusive. The adoption by a county of a system of administrative adjudication does not preclude the county from using other methods to enforce county ordinances. An intergovernmental agreement or contra…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43020) Sec. 5-43020. Code hearing units; powers of hearing officers. (a) An ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication, pursuant to this Division, shall provide for a code hearing unit within an existing agency or as a separate agency in the count…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43025) Sec. 5-43025. Administrative hearing proceedings. (a) Any ordinance establishing a system of administrative adjudication, pursuant to this Division, shall afford parties due process of law, including notice and opportunity for hearing. Parties shall be served …

(55 ILCS 5/5-43030) Sec. 5-43030. Rules of evidence shall not govern. The formal and technical rules of evidence do not apply in an adjudicatory hearing permitted under this Division. Evidence, including hearsay, may be admitted only if it is of a type commonly relied upon by rea…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43035) Sec. 5-43035. Enforcement of judgment. (a) Any non-real property tax, fee, fine, other sanction, or costs, or part of any non-real property tax, fee, fine, other sanction, or costs unpaid after the exhaustion of or the failure to exhaust judicial review proced…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43040) Sec. 5-43040. Impact on existing administrative adjudication systems. This Division does not affect the validity of systems of administrative adjudication that were authorized by State law, including home rule authority, and in existence before July 29, 2010 (…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43043) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027) Sec. 5-43043. Mechanics lien demand and referral adjudication. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Division, a county's code hearing unit must adjudicate an expired mechanics lien referred to th…

(55 ILCS 5/5-43045) Sec. 5-43045. Impact on home rule authority. This Division does not preempt counties or participating units of local government from adopting other systems of administrative adjudication pursuant to their home rule powers. (Source: P.A. 99-754, eff. 1-1-17.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-44005) Sec. 5-44005. Findings and purpose. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) Illinois has more units of local government than any other state. (2) The large number of units of local government results in the inefficient delivery of governmental services at a higher…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44010) Sec. 5-44010. Applicability. The powers and authorities provided by this Division 5-44 apply to all counties and units of local government within such counties. (Source: P.A. 99-709, eff. 8-5-16; 100-107, eff. 1-1-18.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-44015) Sec. 5-44015. Powers; supplemental. The Sections of this Division 5-44 are intended to be supplemental and in addition to all other powers and authorities granted to any county board, shall be construed liberally, and shall not be construed as a limitation of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-44020) Sec. 5-44020. Definitions. In this Division 5-44: "Fire protection jurisdiction" means a fire protection district, municipal fire department, or service organized under Section 5-1056.1 of the Counties Code, Sections 195 and 200 of the Township Code, Section 1…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44025) Sec. 5-44025. Dissolution of units of local government. (a) A county board may, by ordinance, propose the dissolution of a unit of local government. The ordinance shall detail the purpose and cost savings to be achieved by such dissolution, and be published in…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44030) Sec. 5-44030. Trustee-in-dissolution; powers and duties. (a) The trustee-in-dissolution shall have the following powers and duties: (1) to execute all of the powers and duties of the previous board; (2) to levy and rebate taxes, subject to the approval of the …

(55 ILCS 5/5-44035) Sec. 5-44035. Outstanding indebtedness. (a) In case any unit dissolved pursuant to this Division has bonds or notes outstanding that are a lien on funds available in the treasury at the time of consolidation, such lien shall be unimpaired by such dissolution a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44040) Sec. 5-44040. Effect of dissolution. Immediately upon the dissolution of a unit of local government pursuant to this Division: (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Special Service Area Tax Law of the Property Tax Code that pertain to the establishment of …

(55 ILCS 5/5-44043) Sec. 5-44043. Rights and obligations of employees. (a) The status and rights of employees represented by an exclusive bargaining representative shall not be affected by the dissolution of a unit of local government under this Division, except that this subsect…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44045) Sec. 5-44045. Abatement of levy. Whenever a county has dissolved a unit of local government pursuant to this Division, the county or municipality shall, within 6 months of the effective date of the dissolution and every year thereafter, evaluate the need to co…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44050) Sec. 5-44050. Tax collection and enforcement. The dissolution of a unit of government pursuant to this Division shall not adversely affect proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax. Those proceedings shall continue to finality as though no disso…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44055) Sec. 5-44055. Litigation. All suits pending in any court on behalf of or against a unit dissolved pursuant to this Division may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the county by the State's attorney. All judgments obtained for a unit dissolved pursuant to…

(55 ILCS 5/5-44060) Sec. 5-44060. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-634, eff. 7-22-16. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-18.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45001) Sec. 5-45001. Short title. This Division may be cited as the County Design-Build Authorization Act. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45005) Sec. 5-45005. Purpose. The purpose of this Division is to authorize counties to use design-build processes to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivering public projects. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45010) Sec. 5-45010. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Delivery system" means the design and construction approach used to develop and construct a project. "Design-bid-build" means the traditional delivery system used on public projects that incorporates the co…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45015) Sec. 5-45015. Solicitation of proposals. (a) A county may enter into design-build contracts. In addition to the requirements set forth in its local ordinances, when the county elects to use the design-build delivery method, it must issue a notice of intent to …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45020) Sec. 5-45020. Development of scope and performance criteria. (a) The county shall develop, with the assistance of a licensed design professional or public art designer, a request for proposal, which shall include scope and performance criteria. The scope and p…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45025) Sec. 5-45025. Procedures for selection. (a) The county must use a two-phase procedure for the selection of the successful design-build entity. Phase I of the procedure will evaluate and shortlist the design-build entities based on qualifications, and Phase II …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45030) Sec. 5-45030. Small projects. In any case where the total overall cost of the project is estimated to be less than $12,000,000, the county may combine the two-phase procedure for selection described in Section 5-45025 into one combined step, provided that all …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45035) Sec. 5-45035. Submission of proposals. Proposals must be properly identified and sealed. Proposals may not be reviewed until after the deadline for submission has passed as set forth in the request for proposals. Proposals shall include a bid bond in the form …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45040) Sec. 5-45040. Award; performance. The county may award the contract to the highest overall ranked design-build entity. Notice of award shall be made in writing. Unsuccessful design-build entities shall also be notified in writing. The county may not request a …

(55 ILCS 5/5-45045) Sec. 5-45045. Reports and evaluation. At the end of every 6-month period following the contract award, and again prior to final contract payout and closure, a selected design-build entity shall detail, in a written report submitted to the county, its efforts a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-45047) Sec. 5-45047. Exception. Nothing in this Division shall prevent a county from using a qualification-based selection process for design professionals or construction managers for design-build projects. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-45050) Sec. 5-45050. Severability. The provisions of this Division are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 102-954, eff. 1-1-23.)

(55 ILCS 5/5-46005) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-46005. Definitions. As used in this Division: "Low-voltage solar-powered device" means a piece of equipment designed for a particular purpose, including, but not limited to,…

(55 ILCS 5/5-46010) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-46010. Prohibitions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or other provision of law, the adoption of any ordinance or resolution or the exercise of any power by a coun…

(55 ILCS 5/5-46020) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-46020. Costs; attorney's fees. In any litigation arising under this Division or involving the application of this Division, the prevailing party shall be entitled to costs a…

(55 ILCS 5/5-46025) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-46025. Applicability. (a) As used in this Section, "shared roof" means any roof that (i) serves more than one unit, including, but not limited to, a contiguous roof serving …